[Samba] samba ad-dc member as print server for vlans

[Douglas G. Oechsler]

Hello!

Em qua., 19 de ago. de 2026 às 14:19, Adam Thorn via samba <
samba at lists.samba.org> escreveu:

> On 19/08/2026 13:29, Rowland Penny via samba wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:52:56 -0300
> > "Douglas G. Oechsler via samba" <samba at lists.samba.org> wrote:
>
> >>
> >> 1- I can search for a printer with windows 10 only in the Vlan that
> >> debian 13 was installed and configured. Not automatically, manually
> >> only, but ok, clicking on the printer, windows 10 can install printer
> >> a on the system. Windows 11 can search and install too, only manually.
> >> 2 - I can not search the printer in another vlan that is different
> >> from how debian 13 was configured.
> >
> > I think you are stuck with installing the printers manually, I do not
> > think printer discovery works across vlans.
>
>
Yes I am stuck with printers. I think that you can be right about
printers not discovery across vlans because only on first vlan works nice
(where samba printer server was installed)



> I suspect the issue Douglas is facing is that printer discovery via
> mdns/bonjour works by adverts from printers being sent to layer 2
> multicast (NB Douglas: it's helpful to keep the concepts of a layer 2
> VLAN and a layer 3 subnet separate, even though you may in practice have
> a 1-to-1 mapping of subnets to VLANs). And by design multicast/broadcast
> traffic is segmented within a VLAN.



> If you can arrange for a server that has an interface in every vlan, you
> can then install avahi and run it as a reflector to rebreadcast the mdns
> adverts it receives into all of the VLANs. I think a minimal config is
> just:
>
> [reflector]
> enable-reflector=yes
> # possibly reflect-filters= to restrict what kind of mdns packets to
> reflect
>
>  Thanks! Adam for your tips. I need to study more about "reflector"

I am talking with my work mate.
It does not work with GPO. Try to do a central printer with cups.

Thank you!




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> Adam
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